The Conscious Lovers (1722)

Author
Richard Steele
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£24,412 15s £11,399 19s (46.7%) £13,012 16s (53.3%)
1732 - 1809
£24,412 15s - (100%) £11,399 19s (46.7%) £13,012 16s (53.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
321 155 166
1732 - 1809
321 155 166
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
05 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Cheats of Scapin, The Fingalian Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1755 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Genii No No No £130 N/A N/A
16 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Apprentice, Peasant Dance, Pantomime Dance No No No £150 N/A N/A
16 Feb 1756 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Englishman Returnd from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1756 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Chaplet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £120 N/A N/A
11 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Mercury Harlequin Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
06 May 1757 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Oracle, A Cento on the Birthday of Shakespeare selected from his own Works, Louvre, Minuet Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
16 May 1757 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Lethe, Dutch Peasant, Country Lass, Lamplighters No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Chaplet, The Italian Peasants No No No £100 100% N/A
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